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Object Number
78-5-30/16774
Display Title
Scarf?, apron, or breech cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cloth, woven brown strip with feathered fringe at ends
Classification
- Clothing
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Carib
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Janapery
Materials
Cotton, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 23.5 cm (42 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16774
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
(1878)
Collector
Hassler Expedition
(1878)
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1878)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Outerwear
|
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 11-43-30/82983.2 | Breech cloths |
Outerwear
|
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Outerwear
|
Guyana
British Guiana | |
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Breechcloth
|
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| |
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Outerwear
|
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| |
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Tapa
|
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| |
| 09-7-70/74510 | Bark cloth breech clouts |
Bark cloth
|
Luzon
| |
| 64-18-70/4402 | Baby's bark breech cloth |
Felted
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 39-17-70/1139 | Man's bark cloth breech clout |
Bark cloth
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 34-24-10/3745 | Model woman's dress, double apron type, of buckskin |
Clothing
|
Las Vegas
| |
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Outerwear
|
British Columbia
| |
| 39-17-70/1138 | Man's brown bark cloth breech clout |
Bark cloth
|
Sanke Doek
|